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"we have a beautiful moon rise, we're headed right at it."

Artemis 2 is gearing up for a critical engine burn this evening (April 2), which will send the mission's four astronauts on a looping journey around the moon.

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.

SpaceX Starlink spacecraft was seen prior to breaking up in orbit by a satellite.

"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon Enceladus start to be developed."

NASA plans to make history today (April 1) with the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA's XRISM X-ray spacecraft has clocked 2 million mph winds ripping out of a distant galaxy bursting with star formation.

NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.

Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surface.

"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and down by the toilet, that the crew can go to."

Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense.

The movie that took Shakespeare to the stars, and wrote the blueprint for movie space opera.

The crew's 10-day mission will be filled with science, spacecraft tests, medical checks, survival training and more.

"Playing military characters is always interesting for me. They're all homages to a family member."

The four astronaut's of NASA's Artemis 2 mission arrived in style at Kennedy Space Center ahead of their historic moon mission.

The first full moon of spring, known as the Paschal Moon, sets the date for Easter each year.

"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet land on the lunar surface?

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Wyoming tonight as Earth braces for impact from a speedy coronal mass ejection.

A massive X1.4 solar flare won't endanger NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon.

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, and it's blasting from a galaxy collision that occurred when the universe was half its current age.